Lehigh Technologies, Naples, FL. a manufacturer of engineered rubber powder, announced a strategic agreement with MTR, Springfield, TN, said to be the southeast's largest collector and processor of scrap tires and other scrap rubber, with facilities and operations in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi, procesing over 15 million tires annually.

Lehigh Technologies, Naples, FL. a manufacturer of engineered rubber powder, announced a strategic agreement with MTR, Springfield, TN, said to be the southeast's largest collector and processor of scrap tires and other scrap rubber, with facilities and operations in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi, procesing over 15 million tires annually. With this agreement, Lehigh will source its raw materials from an ISO 9001 processing facility, giving the company complete accountability and assurance over feedstock consistency and quality. Lehigh and MTR will offer customers tailored, closed-loop recycling/reuse programs, enabling manufacturers to use their own overstock to feed new products. Under the terms of the agreement, Lehigh will host a crumb rubber feedstock processing facility at MTR's Jackson, GA, tire collection and recycling plant. The crumbing facility will have enough capacity to supply 100% of Lehigh's fine powder plant's feedstock requirements (www.lehightechnologies.com). (RW+)